Online Scam: Whenever you are talking to someone on social media or seeing and replying to a message, do this work carefully. If any message seems to be free or tempting, then keep distance from it because in most of the cases such messages are related to fraud. Meanwhile, a 53-year-old man from Mumbai lost Rs 1.27 crore to greed. Actually, the person had sold one of his properties after which he got so much money. The person wanted to invest this money in some other property but he became a victim of fraud.
This is how the scam happened
According to the Times of India report, a person living in Mumbai had received a message from a woman on Telegram, in which part time job was said. The man liked the woman’s offer and started talking. The woman initially asked the person to rate some hotels and like movies and asked to send a screenshot of the same. Initially, when the person did this, he was given Rs 7,000 by the woman. As the task got completed, the person got convinced that the work was right.
To earn more money in work, the woman asked the man for his bank details. The man gave his bank login and password to the woman so that she could access the e-wallet. Then the woman asked the man to transfer Rs 10,000. After this, the fraud woman told a website address which was related to the hotel industry and was asked to rate its content. When the man worked, the woman gave him Rs 7,372 on investment and the total amount in the man’s e-wallet was Rs 17,332. Then the woman asked to invest more money and gradually increased the investment and gave interest to the person.
On May 17, the man from Mumbai transferred Rs 48 lakh to the account given by the woman. As soon as he invested, the person started seeing Rs 60,00,000 in his e-wallet. Then on May 18, the person transferred Rs 76 lakh to different accounts. In the end, when he could not withdraw the money, he felt that he had become a victim of a fraud and then went to the police station and got an FIR registered against the woman. During the investigation, the police came to know that the money has been transferred to eight different accounts which are linked to West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. According to the FIR, the person has lost a total of Rs 1.27 crores. At present, the police have frozen all the accounts and further action is underway.
don’t make this mistake
Pay attention, do not fall for any trick or greedy message coming online because in most of the cases it is related to fraud. We are repeatedly appealing to you not to get trapped in any part time job offer and always first verify the details of the company everywhere and take any action carefully. Use the Internet wisely and carefully, otherwise both your data and money can be wiped out.
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